6. But the plants soon wilted under the hot sun, and since they didn’t have deep roots, they died.
7. Other seeds fell among thorns that grew up and choked out the tender plants.
8. Still other seeds fell on fertile soil, and they produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted!
9. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand.”
10. His disciples came and asked him, “Why do you use parables when you talk to the people?”